Louisiana Tech University senior Cody Blankenship has helped lead the Bulldogs to one of the best seasons in program history.

Louisiana Tech University head golf coach Jeff Parks’ message every day to his Bulldog players is simple: focus on the next shot.

Parks, who is in his third season as LA Tech’s head coach, doesn’t want his players living in the future and reliving the past. It’s a mindset that he wants engrained into his team’s collective thought process during practice and during events.

However, as the coach, Parks has the luxury of looking further into the future.

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Representatives at the recent Southwestern Athletic Conference regional officials’ clinic recently visited the Eddie G. Robinson Museum while on the Grambling State University campus. Directed by supervisor Harold Mitchell of Jackson, Miss., and technical advisor Keith Moore of Monroe, the group is one of three from the conference to visit various university campuses. The officials took the tour at the museum named in honor of GSU’s Hall of Fame coach following a recent scrimmage at the Tigers’ field.

J.P. Fitzmorris will remain in the hearts of his alma mater’s football program.

As a means of honoring the U.S. Navy sailor who died recently in a helicopter crash, members of the Ruston High School team will wear his jersey number (44) on their helmets throughout the 2012 season.

Fitzmorris was a member of the RHS team in the late 1990s, including the 1998 squad that made it to the state championship round of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association at the Louisiana Superdome.